Welder, cutting metal off loader bucket, metal spun loose and hit torch. Torch flew back and burned the side of his face and neck.
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Mountaintop Coal Mining Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances
Mountaintop Coal Mining Inc · No Value Found
EE SLIPPED ON WET ROOF SURFACE OF DRAGLINE, FELL OFF ROOF, HIT RAILING AND LANDED ON TRACKS THEN FELL TO THE GROUND.
July 5, 2001
PA · Coal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Sherman Mountain Coal Company Inc. · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances
ON 4 JULY 2001 EMPLOYEE WAS ADMITTED TO THE HOSPITAL. I WAS ADVISED BY HIS WIFE THAT HE WAS UNABLE TO RETURN TO WORK DUE TO SHORTNESS OF BREATH CAUSED BY BLOOD CLOTS IN HIS LUNGS (BLACK LUNG).
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